VERY AWESOME RARE MEDAL. MAJOR A. P. DAVIS CIVIL WAR VETERAN
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Within a few months Fort Sumter was besieged by the South Carolina militia. Answering his Nation’s call as had his ancestors, on May 12, 1861 at the age of 26, Augustus volunteered for duty with the 11th Maine Infantry. He was immediately elected Captain of Company F. Davis and his company trained in Maine, then moved to Washington. Upon arrival in Washington, DC, the Regiment was assigned to General Casey’s Division, Army of the James. The 11th Maine continued to train throughout ...the fall of 1861 and went into winter camp in Alexandria, Virginia.On April 6, 1862, Captain Davis was unexpectedly detached from Company F, 11th Maine Infantry and permanently detailed as Provost Marshall of Casey’s Division. The Division soon became involved in the Peninsular Campaign. On May 31, 1862, Augustus was wounded in his left side and left leg at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia. He spent the next several weeks at a field hospital. In the fall of 1862, he returned to the Division near Suffolk, Virginia. Plagued by ill health he tendered his resignation on February 4, 1863. The resignation was accompanied by a surgeon certificate dated the same day and signed by Dr. D. W. Hand, Surgeon and Medical Director Peck’s Division. It states …he has tubercular deposits in the right lung, with pleuritic adhesions on that side. In consequence, I believe the exposure incident to field service will very soon assuredly break down his health.In Special Order 7, paragraph 8, Department of Virginia dated February 7, 1863, A. P. Davis’ resignation was officially accepted. However, it is clear that he did not follow through with the resignation. For upon returning to Maine, he was appointed Provost Marshall of the 3rd District of Maine. Affidavits in his pension file confirm this service and his military records show his actual discharge date as August 15, 1865.Davis was appointed to brevet Major in the Volunteer forces to be effective March 13, 1865 by General Order 65, War Department, dated June 22, 1867. Following the War, Davis worked the family farm near Gardiner, Maine and served as a timekeeper at a nearby quarry on Dix Island.THE MEDAL SAYS ON THE BACK MAJOR A.P.DAVIS BORN AT GARDINER, MAINE MAY 10 1835..VERY RARE AND IN GOOD SHAPE RIBBON IS FRAYED ..USE PICS TO JUDGE..AS IS.. EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS ..THANK YOU
